1959 - Susan Faludi, American feminist writer, winner of the Pulitzer prize for her work in journalism.

1961 - Felicia D. Henderson, American television producer, screenwriter, comic-books writer, and director of music videos and television episodes.

1961 - John Mordecai Podhoretz, American writer,magazine editor, newspaper columnist, presidential speechwriter, and author of several books on politics.

1963 - Robert A. Kurson, American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey.

1964 - Niall Campbell Ferguson, Scottish historian and professor.

1969 - Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido, American science-fiction and fantasy writer and musician who works on comic books, novels, role-playing games and video games.

1993 - Alexandra Adornetto, pen name of Alexandra Grace, an Australian author who writes for children and young adults.

Catherine M. Petrini

Who Am I?

I am a published author of 28 books for children and young adults, a former magazine editor, and mom to an 8th-grader. My published works include 20 books for Sweet Valley High and other teen fiction series, all written under pseudonyms. My nonfiction kids' books, written under my own name, are on topics ranging from Dragons to Stonehenge to the Cherokee Indians. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, drawing, photography, traveling, overthrowing the governments of small countries, befriending dragons, slaying demons, and ruining my son's life by making him do his homework.